ABSTRACT
The focus of Part II was politically motivated ceremony and spectacle promoted by religious and educational groups, civic communities and courts concerned with controlling its content and impact. The writings of Guarinonius and the Platter brothers also indicate key economic intersections and interdependencies between medicine and theatre. They contain passages relevant to health-related themes on the professional itinerant stage, and Guarinonius’s stylistic choices offer insights into some literary uses of theatrical themes. Parts III and IV focus on some aspects of these issues.
